Nonprofit & Fundraising Resources
I have developed and adapted the resources listed below and encourage you to make them your own for your organization and Board needs. Listen to a podcast about Empowering Your Board to Fundraise here. And other topics can be found here.
Please note: Most listed here are US based resources.
Organizations:
Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) – afpnet.org
Global E Membership – $50US – http://www.afpnet.org/Join/content.cfm?ItemNumber=4126&navItemNumber=664
This membership provides access to AFP resources, webinars and member rates for events. Global e-membership members must subscribe to the AFP Code of Ethical Principles and Standards and promote the Donor Bill of Rights.
- Fundraising Institute of Australia – fia.org.au
Conferences & Learning
- AFP Webinars –
- AFP International Fundraising Conference – http://afpfc.com/
- Stanford/AFP Nonprofit Management Institute – http://www.ssirinstitute.org/
Resources:
- The Chronicle of Philanthropy – philanthropy.com
- Veritus Group blog and webinars
- Passionate Giving Blog – all things major gift – https://veritusgroup.com/passionate-giving-blog/
- Free resources for download – https://veritusgroup.com/free-download-library/
- Major Gift training for staff and leaders – https://veritusgroup.com/online-training/
- Stanford Social Innovation Review – ssir.org
- Joe Golding – Advancement Resources – advancementresources.org
- Joe visits Australia regularly and offers sessions with non fundraisers, boards, donors and philanthropy staff.
Articles:
- Philanthropic Disruptions – Nonprofit Quarterly
- How to Respond When you Don’t Have the Answer – Fast Company
- 62% of US Families Discuss Charity with their Children – The Nonprofit Times
- Maximizing Millennials in the Workplace, UNC Business School – The Nonprofit Times
- Keys to Every Good Mentoring Partnership – Ladders
- How to Maximize 7 levels of Leadership – Leadership Freak
- All work and all play Box 1824 Vimeo
- Generations in the Workplace in the US and Canada, Quick Takes
- J.Maureen Henderson writes in Forbes Millennial Women Reject Role Models & Mentors
- Millennial Marketing Blog writes What’s New with Mobile and Millennials?
Board Resources:
Nonprofit management is an art and a science. I think these reports and resources help us bring the science to the art of our work as nonprofit professionals.
- Case Foundation – Be Fearless
- The Heath Brothers books are always a font of practical and well-written knowlege.
- Switch: How to Change when Change is Hard by Dan and Chip Heath
- Why is it so hard to make lasting changes in our companies, in our communities, and in our own lives? The primary obstacle, say the Heaths, is a conflict that’s built into our brains.
- Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
- The Heath brothers reveal the anatomy of ideas that “stick” and explain sure-fire methods for making ideas stickier, such as violating schemas, using the Velcro Theory of Memory, and creating “curiosity gaps.”
- The Power of Moments: Why Certain Moments have Extraordinary Impact
- In this book, they explore why certain brief experiences can jolt us and elevate us and change us—and how we can learn to create such extraordinary moments in our life and work.
- Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and at Work
- Based on an exhaustive study of the decision-making literature, introduce a four-step process designed to counteract these biases.
- Switch: How to Change when Change is Hard by Dan and Chip Heath
- Chris Brogan – Strategy and skills for modern business
- Simon Sinek – Start with Why
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